Can spout



C. C. DORNER.

CAN SPOUT.

APPLICATION HLED.D EC.20. I920.

Patented Jan. 3, 1.922

' other foreign matter from the vicinity of UNITED STATES 001mm c.

DORNER, O1! ALTON, ILLINOIS.

. OAR SJPO'UT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3; 1922.,

Application filed December 20, 1920. Serial 170.481,!387.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, Comm) 0. Donna a citizen of Germany, residing at Alton, 1n the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Can 'Spouts, of which the folowing is a specification.

This invention relate to pouring spouts for cans and has as its general object to provide a pouring spout which may be readily and conveniently applied to the top of a can containing "condensed milk or any other commodity and which at the time of its application will perforate the top of the can so as to permit of the discharge of 1ts contents.

.One of the primary objects of the inven;

tion is to provide a pouring spout for the purpose stated which may be repeatedly used and which will be convenient to manipulate and may therefore be readily applied b any inexperienced person.

Anot er object of the invention is to so construct the spout that the means provided for perforating the top of the can to which the spout is applied will serve also as a means for locking the spout to the can so that the spout cannot become accidentally disengaged and so that it will at all times be held in proper position upon the can top.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the spout that the base thereof will closely fit the upper surface of the can top and surround the perforation made therein thereby excluding dust and dirt and the perforation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spout for the purpose statedjwhich in use will deliver. a steady tream of the contents of the can as poured therefromr Another object of the invention is th so construct the device that while when is applied to a can it will be securely locked thereto, yet when the can has been emptied of its contents, the spout may be readily removed from the can for application to another can.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the can spput embodying the present invention ap- R, plled to an ordinary type of can;

F1gure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional ylew through the spout applied-to the can Figure dis a view similar to Figure 2 taken 1n a plane at right angles and illustratlng the perforating and locking member turned to a position at right angles to that illustrated in Figure 2 Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the I spout;

Fi re 5 is a perspective view of the combme perforatlng and locking member removed from the spout.

In the drawings the numeral '1 indicates a can to which the spout embodying the present 1nvention is to be applied, the said can be ng for exam le one containing condensed milk, and the numeral 2 indicates the top of the can. The spout embodying the invention comprises a head 3 provided 1n its under side with a recess 4 surrounded by a rim 5 the lower edge 6 of which de- CI1beS a complete and unbroken circle and 1s deslgned to rest flat upon and snugly against the upper surface of the can top 2 when the spout is applied thereto. The head 3 1s provided at one side with a pouring spout which is indicated by the numeral 7 and which is placed in communication with the recess a by a passageway 8 so that the contents of a can to which the spout isapplied may flow through the. recess .4 and passage 8 and out through the pouring spout 7 and be in this manner dispensed.

The head 3 is'formed axially with relation to the recess 4 and vertically extending bore 9 opening through its upper and lower ends, this bore being reduced near its lower end as indicated by the numeral 10, and the upper wall of the recess 4 or what may be considered as the under side of the head 3, being formed preferably with notches 11 located at diametrically opposite sides of the corresponding end of the bore 9. Associated with the spout is a combined perforating and locking 5 of the drawing and indicated in general rim 5, with a.

by the numeral 12. The member 12 comprises a shank 13 which may be either flatsided as shown in the drawings or circular in cromsection and which is slidably fitted throughthe reduced portion 10 of the bore 9, the shank being provided at its upper end with a handle member 14 and at its lower ends with a perforating blade 15 having a V-shaped cutting edge 16. The blade 15 is of a width greater than the width or diameter of the shank 13 and is joined to the lower end of the shank by a relatively narrow neck 17 which is flanked by the shoulders 18 provided by the upper s1de of the blade 15. A spring 19 is assembled w 1th the shank -13 of the perforating and locking member and bears at its lower end against the shoulder formed by reducing the bore 9 as at 10 and at its u per end against the upper sid of the ban e 14;. As will be ob served by reference to Figure 3 of the draw ings, the spring 19 normally holds the perforating and locking member in an elevated position, and when the member is turned to the osition shown in the said figure, the shou der portions 18 of the blade 15 will seat in the notches 1.1 in the head 3, the parts being so proportioned that when the said member 12 is in this position, the piercing point of the blade 15 will occupy a plane not lower than the lower edge 6 of the rim 5. -With the parts arranged as shown in Figure 3, the spout may be readily applied and locked to a can top by first d1s-. posing the head 3 upon thetop in the posi-v tion shown in Figure 1 and then striking a blow upon the handle 14 in a downward direction. This will result in the member 12 bein bodily forced downwardly causing the hlade 15 to pierce thecan top 2 and form an incision therein through which the contents of the can may flow. The device maythen be locked to the can top b turning the member 12, through the me ium of the handle 14, to such position that the blade 15 will occup a plane at right angles to the plane whic it formerly occupled. When the member 12 is rotated to the posi; tion stated and as shown in Figure 2 of th drawing, the neck 17 which connects the blade 15 with the shank 12 will be turned in the incision formed in the can' top, and the shoulders 18 will prevent anyupward movement of the member 1.2 to itsoriginal sition, and inasmuch .as the blade 15, in this position of the member, extends at right angles to the incision in the can top, and the spring 19 is under compression,'the device as a whole will be securely locked in position upon the to and cannot become accidentally displace or lost. It will be understood of course that when the blade 15 is dis osed at right angles-to the incision forme in the can top, the incision -will'be uncovered and therefore the -contents of the can may readily flow through head and provided with a' perforating blade.

a combined puncturm carried by the head an comprising a shank been forced.

menace the incision and into the recess 4 and out through the passage 8 to the spout 7 when the can is tilted in the act of dlspensing its contents. a

It will be evident that when the device is applied to a can top the lower edge of the rim 5 will snugly fit against the upper surface of the top so as to exclude dust, dirt, and other foreign matter from the vicinit of the incision made in the top. It wi also be evident that while the device is se-.

curely locked to the can top after its application thereto, nevertheless'it may be removed at any time as for example when the can has been em tied of its-contents and it is desired to app y the spout to an unopened can. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I

1. A device of. the class described com-' prising a head having a pouring spent, and a recess in its under side in communication with the spout, and a combined puncturing and locking means carried by the head and having its puncturing element normally housed within the said recess.

2. A device of the class described comprising a head having a pouring spout, a member slidably assembled with the head and provided wlth a piercing blade adapted to be positioned at difl'erent angles, and

means normally holding the member in pocarried by the head and comprising a shank slidably and rotatably assembled with thefL A device of the class described comprising a head having a pouring spout, and and locking means slidably and rotatably assembled. with the head and lirovided with a perforating blade,- the said b ade at its upper side being provided with shoulders to engage beneath the top of a can through which the blade-has 5.A deviceof the class'described comprising a head having a pouring spout', and

acombined perforatm and locking means carried'by the head an comprising a-shank slidably and rotatably assembled with the head, a blade at the lower end of the shank, and a handle at the upper end of the shank.

6. A device of the class d6SCI1bBdCOIIb. prisi ahead having a pourin spout and a com ined perforating and 100 ing'means carried by the head and comprising a shank slidably and rotatably assembled with the head, a blade at the lower end of the a handle at the upper end of the shank, and a spring assembled with the member and yieldably holding the same in a retracted position.

7. A device of the class described comprising a head having a recess in its under side surrounded by a rim, the lower edge of which is designed to seat against a can 

